Glossary

Correspondent Banking

Traditional cross-border banking via intermediary banks, typically slower than local rails.

Traditional cross-border banking via intermediary banks, typically slower than local rails.

Connect the term to real Airwallex product behaviour and practical finance operations.

In Airwallex-related workflows, understanding Correspondent Banking helps finance and product teams reason about settlement speed, reconciliation, customer experience, and total cost—not just a single transaction fee.

This term becomes most useful when attached to a real operating decision such as when to convert FX, when to prefer local rails over SWIFT, or how to hold balances before payout.

Key points

  • Plain-English definition
  • Connect the term to real Airwallex product behaviour and practical finance operations.
  • Mapped to practical Airwallex operations rather than abstract theory
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